Champaign area Democrats indicate they will choose Stacy Bennett, the widow of Scott Bennett, to serve out the remainder of his term in the Illinois Senate. That would consist of a four-day lame duck session that starts January 4. She will not be a candidate for the vacancy for the new General Assembly, which is sworn in a week later.
The 45-year-old Scott Bennett died unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago of complications from a large, undetected brain tumor